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Credentials

  • Attorney
    State Bar of Texas
  • Attorney Ad Litem (Guardianship)
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  • Licensed Attorney
    Southern District Of Texas

Experience

    • United States
    • Law Practice
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Attorney
      • May 2021 - Present

      Probate, Estate Planning, Real Estate, Business, and related Litigation. Probate, Estate Planning, Real Estate, Business, and related Litigation.

    • United States
    • Legal Services
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Attorney
      • Sep 2018 - May 2021

      Represent clients in complex real estate, probate, commercial, and insurance defense litigation. Draft pleadings, discovery requests, discovery responses, and substantive motions covering all areas of motions practice. Conduct depositions and defend witnesses in depositions. Draft oil & gas title opinions and consult on real estate title issues. Advise and assist executors in the probate of wills and the administration of estates. Represent clients in the preparation of wills, financial and medical powers of attorney, directives to physicians, guardianship declarations for children and adults, HIPAA authorizations, revocable and irrevocable trusts and other estate planning documents.

    • United States
    • Legal Services
    • Attorney/Managing Member
      • Nov 2014 - Sep 2018

      Areas of practice: Estate Planning, Probate and Estate Administration, Real Estate, Oil & Gas, Guardianship Law, Business Formation, and Employment Law. Represent clients in the preparation of wills, financial and medical powers of attorney, directives to physicians, guardianship declarations for children and adults, HIPAA authorizations, revocable and irrevocable trusts and other estate planning documents. Advise and assist executors in the probate of wills and the administration (both independent and dependent) of estates. Advise and assist clients with heirship determinations, small estate affidavits, and actions to partition real property. Prepare federal gift tax returns (Form 709) and estate tax returns (Form 706). Prepare documentation for the formation of various business entities including limited liability companies, series limited liability companies, and limited partnerships as wells as draft all associated company agreements. Draft and negotiate various types of contracts including: joint operating agreements, employment agreements, purchase and sale agreements, buy-sell agreements, and prenuptial and postnuptial agreements. Consult on real estate title issues.

    • United States
    • Capital Markets
    • Attorney/In-House Landman
      • Nov 2014 - Apr 2018

      Negotiate and draft various contracts including: Joint Operating Agreements, Oil and Gas Leases, Assignments, Releases, Farmout Agreements, AMI/Exploration Agreements, Purchase and Sale Agreements, Letter Agreements, Surface Use Agreements, Acreage Exchange Agreements, and Damage Settlements. Maintain and monitor South Texas assets located within the Eagle Ford formation and Pennsylvania assets located within the Marcellus formation. Coordinate, perform, and supervise pre and post-acquisition and sale due diligence title work as well as associated title curative. Direct and supervise field personnel completing projects such as, lease acquisitions, title/abstract work, damage settlements, and ROW acquisitions. Consult on regulatory issues pertaining to unitization, spacing exceptions, and alternate/substitute unit wells.

    • Attorney
      • May 2013 - Nov 2014

      Probate, Estate Planning, and Real Estate practice. Prepared wills, living trusts, powers of attorney, and other estate planning documents for non-taxable estates, moderate net worth clients, and large estates. Performed various tasks associated with the probate of wills and the administration (both independent and dependent) of estates. Advised and assist clients with muniments of title, heirship determinations, and small estate affidavits. Consulted with clients and oil and gas companies regarding oil and gas title issues. Drafted, negotiated, and reviewed general warranty deeds, special warranty deeds, quitclaim deeds, earnest money contracts, lease termination agreements, sublease agreements, company operating agreements, equity purchase agreements, employment contracts, buy/sell agreements, private placement memoranda, and marital property agreements. Prepared documentation for the formation of various business entities, including limited liability companies, series limited liability companies, limited partnerships, offshore limited liability companies, and offshore trusts. Prepared federal gift tax returns (Form 709). Worked effectively with clients, partners, and support staff to increase engagement efficiency.

    • Netherlands
    • Wholesale Import and Export
    • Attorney, Due Diligence
      • Nov 2012 - May 2013

      Performed due diligence title examination for large-scale lease acquisition projects involving property in the states of Texas, West Virginia, and Ohio. Managed various teams assigned to lease acquisition projects and reviewed work performed by team members. Trained personnel on various aspects of oil and gas law and title examination. Performed due diligence title examination for large-scale lease acquisition projects involving property in the states of Texas, West Virginia, and Ohio. Managed various teams assigned to lease acquisition projects and reviewed work performed by team members. Trained personnel on various aspects of oil and gas law and title examination.

    • United States
    • Law Practice
    • Oil and Gas Title Attorney
      • Sep 2011 - Nov 2012

      Drafted drilling title opinions, supplemental title opinions, and division order title opinions focusing on the needs of upstream oil and gas companies operating in several Texas counties, including Montague, Cooke, Nacogdoches, McMullen, Denton, Karnes, San Augustine, Kleberg, Harrison, and Parker, under demanding drilling deadlines. Assisted clients with various facets of their exploration and production activities, including energy transactions, acquisitions and divestitures, and due diligence. Coordinated landman activities in order to obtain documents that establish property ownership. Performed extensive mapping of metes and bounds using deed-plotting software.

    • Petroleum Landman
      • Jul 2011 - Sep 2011

      Performed oil and gas title research in West Texas, including abstracting, indexing, and preparing runsheets, mineral ownership reports, and complex flowcharts. Managed and trained fellow landmen performing title research. Performed oil and gas title research in West Texas, including abstracting, indexing, and preparing runsheets, mineral ownership reports, and complex flowcharts. Managed and trained fellow landmen performing title research.

Education

  • South Texas College of Law
    Doctor of Jurisprudence, Law
    2007 - 2010
  • University of Houston-Victoria
    BBA Accounting, Business/Accounting
    2003 - 2005

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